Send us a textTo learn more, please visit the website for Scientific Analysis of Fine Art, LLC.Show Notes:0:01 scientific methods in London/Berlin to understand/preserve cultural heritage since 19th Century 2:30 history of cultural heritage science 4:00 founding Scientific Analysis of Fine Art LLC (SAFA) 5:40 Yves Tanguy’s Fraud in the Garden5:50 catalogue raisonné by art historians Charles Stuckey/Stephen Mack6:10 fascist attack at screening of Luis Bunuel’s satiric “L’Age d’Oro” 7:00 use of multi-spectral imaging on Fraud in the Garden - ultraviolet light and infrared radiation, x-rays to view slash pattern on painting7:45 restorations on Fraud in the Garden dated through pigments/paint binders9:00 value of artwork as historical documents v. restoration 9:45 cultural heritage as historical documents example of Victoria & Albert Museum10:45 display of Rothko Murals at Harvard 11:45 analysis for attribution questions varies between antiquities, paintings, decorative art objects13:20 non-destructive drive for protocols for elemental and molecular analysis14:00 changes to work by Van Gogh and Met’s Irises and Roses14:30 geranium lake known as Eosin red15:00 paints like cadmium/chromium yellows from Industrial Revolution are also very sensitive to light and relative humidity15:15 changes in Matisse’s 4 versions of Joy of Life – yellows fading to ivory white15:30 mechanism of degradation 16:20 Picasso's 1901 The Blue Room 17:30 Cezanne18:15 analysis of over 900 paint tubes from Munch19:30 paints standardized in 1920s 21:00 flaking of zinc white: reaction of zinc oxide with oil creates crystalized molecules - zinc soaps21:25 titanium white 23:00 heavy metal pigment paints strongly absorb x-rays like lead white/vermillion (a mercury sulfide red) prevent seeing underpainting24:45 head of scientific vetting committee for TEFAF New York 27:15 Court of Arbitration for Art 28:35 trusting science for due diligence 30:30 stigma attached to use of science 33:00 Bard Graduate Center34:00 wooden polychrome sculpture analysis: dendrochronology and radiocarbon dating36:00 dirty dozen paint list36:45 mixing drying linseed with non-drying oil paint (sunflower)37:50 Eosin red, emerald green, cadmium yellow, chromium yellow, vermillion, copper blues 38:50 favorite paintings 39:10 Modigliani at the Barnes 39:45 Modigliani’s palette 40:35 The Burlington Magazine 41:10 Klimt’s Faculty Paintings 42:30 computational technologies 43:00 justice43:45 invention of photography enabled Jacob Riis to document New York slums 44:00 20th Century photographer and sociologist Lewis Hine44:20 BLM 44:30 environmental justice 45:40 recommendations 46:55 legacy to create scientific literacy for art conservators and historiansPlease share your comments and/or questions at [email protected] by Toulme.To hear more episodes, please visit Warfare of Art and Law podcast's website.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast and/or for information about joining the 2ND Saturday discussion on art, culture and justice, please message me at [email protected]. Thanks so much for listening!© Stephanie Drawdy [2025]

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